Max Dupain (Australia, 1911–1992) and Ansel Adams (USA, 1902–1984) shaped the visual identity of their respective nations through the lens of modernist photography. Though working on opposite sides of the Pacific, they shared a profound commitment to formal clarity, tonal precision, and the expressive potential…
American photographer Duane Michals has died aged 94. Michals was famous for his innovative use of sequences of photographs. He often used text in his work to examine emotion and philosophy. Duane Michals: Chance Meeting. Duane Michals: The Fallen Angel.
The Melbourne : Manifesto asks a simple question: what would happen if the photographers who shaped modern photography were invited to photograph Melbourne today? Spanning ten photographic movements from Pictorialism to New Topographics, the exhibition reinterprets iconic Melbourne locations through…
ARMAGEDDON Photography has always had the power to capture the essence of reality, but when it ventures into the realm of the metaphysical and the surreal, it becomes a tool for exploring invisible dimensions and profound symbolism. In a world…
Canberra’s PhotoAccess is holding a one day workshop in explaining about and making a camera obscura. The workshop will be taught by Orlando Luminere. Photograph above: Orlando Luminere photograph made using a camera obscura. PhotoAccess. Canberra. 27 June 2026
Landscape is one of the foundational genre's of photography. XYZ Gallery presents a contemporary survey of work done in and of the Victorian bush. We bring together ten photographers who's relationship with landscape varies as do their photographic processes. Not…
I recently heard this phrase, or something very similar, used to describe meditation. When I heard this, it immediately brought to mind parallels, and even similarities, when trying to create a pleasing photographic composition. Reducing the view of the world…
Photograph above: Ian Lobb. Untitled. From the Black Range series 1986-89. 36.9 x 36.7 cm silver gelatin print. National Gallery of Victoria collection. Ian Lobb’s…
'Join artist Harry Nankin in conversation with writer Anne Manne as they explore Harry’s journey of artistic practice. Harry and Anne are lifelong friends, whose dialogue, sparked in 1976,…
'Ulrich Wüst’s photographic work captures his wanderings through German history, portraying the social and urban transformations from the GDR and its disintegration, through the German…
The Black Range series by Australian photographer Ian Lobb and collected by the National Gallery of Victoria has always been a great source of inspiration…
‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a defining artwork of the 1980s. Nan Goldin’s extended photographic study of her chosen family – her ‘tribe’ – began life…
'The Valley a body of work captured by four photographers—James Bugg, Anne Moffat, Clare Steele & Andy Johnson. At the invitation of Latrobe Regional Gallery, they visited the Latrobe Valley…